Microscopic Septet, The / Friday The 13th
| Album: | Friday The 13th | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Microscopic Septet, The | Added: | Dec 2010 | |
| Label: | Cuneiform Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2011-01-02 | Pull Date: | 2011-03-06 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Mar 6 | Feb 27 | Feb 20 | Feb 13 | Feb 6 | Jan 30 | Jan 23 | Jan 16 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 19, 2018: | No Cover, No Minimum
Worry Later |
4. | Feb 25, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum
We See |
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| 2. | May 02, 2014: | No Cover, No Minimum
Brilliant Corners |
5. | Feb 16, 2011: | Morning Glory (Full Moon Waxing)
Bye-Ya |
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| 3. | Mar 04, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum
Brilliant Corners |
6. | Feb 15, 2011: | Rebop
Teo |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2010-12-31
Reviewed 2010-12-31
THE MICROSCOPIC SEPTET: Friday the 13th
Cuneiform, 2010
MODERN JAZZ – This happy-go-lucky band from the “downtown” scene of the 1980s continues their ongoing reunion project with a set of Thelonious Monk tunes, mixing unrecorded arrangements from their original run with new material. Fun, freewheeling stuff, with plenty of Monk-isms. Should appeal to fans of modern bop and avant-jazz alike.
All pretty good. Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12
1. 5:09 – brash take on a notoriously tricky tune: sax solos swing and bray
2. 5:45 – saunters in on oddball walking riff, layers pile up, then relaxed solos
3. 5:22 – goofy march with loosely unified horns; switches to breezy swing
4. 4:29 – big surf-rock beat vs. simple melody, sax solos take off & go nuts
5. 5:15 – languid ballad, nice Monkish harmony, short, sweet solos, weird end
6. 5:42 – happy swing with a few wacky touches, saxes warble and glide
7. 5:50 – upbeat New Orleans-style shuffle, perky sax solos, mellow bass
8. 4:34 – flouncy-bouncy little groove, kind of sneaky: horns trade short breaks
9. 3:37 – joyously swinging theme, breaks into various trios/quartets; great fun
10. 5:04 – relaxed pace, thick harmonies; piano trips along with soprano sax
11. 5:39 – cat-and-mouse horns over sneaky rhythms, flirts with skronk
12. 2:54 – brisk, frictionless glide; cartoony, a bit of Ellington in it too… nice
[ Fo ] 12/31/10
Cuneiform, 2010
MODERN JAZZ – This happy-go-lucky band from the “downtown” scene of the 1980s continues their ongoing reunion project with a set of Thelonious Monk tunes, mixing unrecorded arrangements from their original run with new material. Fun, freewheeling stuff, with plenty of Monk-isms. Should appeal to fans of modern bop and avant-jazz alike.
All pretty good. Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12
1. 5:09 – brash take on a notoriously tricky tune: sax solos swing and bray
2. 5:45 – saunters in on oddball walking riff, layers pile up, then relaxed solos
3. 5:22 – goofy march with loosely unified horns; switches to breezy swing
4. 4:29 – big surf-rock beat vs. simple melody, sax solos take off & go nuts
5. 5:15 – languid ballad, nice Monkish harmony, short, sweet solos, weird end
6. 5:42 – happy swing with a few wacky touches, saxes warble and glide
7. 5:50 – upbeat New Orleans-style shuffle, perky sax solos, mellow bass
8. 4:34 – flouncy-bouncy little groove, kind of sneaky: horns trade short breaks
9. 3:37 – joyously swinging theme, breaks into various trios/quartets; great fun
10. 5:04 – relaxed pace, thick harmonies; piano trips along with soprano sax
11. 5:39 – cat-and-mouse horns over sneaky rhythms, flirts with skronk
12. 2:54 – brisk, frictionless glide; cartoony, a bit of Ellington in it too… nice
[ Fo ] 12/31/10
Track Listing
| 1. | Brilliant Corners | 7. | We See | |||
| 2. | Friday The 13th | 8. | Off Minor | |||
| 3. | Gallop's Gallop | 9. | Bye-Ya | |||
| 4. | Teo | 10. | Worry Later | |||
| 5. | Pannonica | 11. | Misterioso | |||
| 6. | Evidence | 12. | Epistrophy |